Eugeen Top (1903-2001)

Top ten publications of 2001.

The occasion of Sydney Finegold’s 80th birthday is a time to reflect on the extraordinary life and accomplishments of this giant in the field of infectious diseases. For my contribution to this symposium, my decision was to review the most important publications in the field of infectious diseases for the year 2001. It should be acknowledged from the outset that there is a sparse contribution f...

John von Neumann 1903 - 1957

If influence of a scientist is interpreted broadly enough to include impact on fields beyond science proper then John von Neumann was probably the most influential mathematician ever lived: not only did he contribute to almost all branches of modern mathematics and created new fields but he also changed history after the second World War by his work in computer design and by being a sought-afte...

George Wells Beadle (1903-1989)

George Wells Beadle [3] studied corn, fruit flies, and funguses in the US during the twentieth century. These studies helped Beadle earn the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [4]. Beadle shared the prize with Edward Tatum for their discovery that genes [5] help regulate chemical processes in and between cells. This finding, initially termed the one gene-one enzyme hypothesis, helped sc...

Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903-1967)

Gregory Goodwin Pincus [4], one of the original researchers responsible for the development of the first oral contraceptive pill [5], was born in Woodbine, New Jersey, on 19 April 1903 to Russian Jewish parents. In 1924 Pincus received his BS degree from Cornell University [6], and in 1927 he received his MS and PhD from Harvard University [7], having studied under William Ernest Castle [8] and...

David Willis Wilson Henderson, 1903-1968.